单词 | barefoot |
释义 | barefoot (once / 2310 pages) adjadv When you're barefoot, you're not wearing any shoes or socks. It might feel good to walk barefoot on a sandy beach on a warm day, but just don't try entering a restaurant barefoot. Some kids might spend the whole summer barefoot, walking down sidewalks with their sneakers in their hands, and if you're a lifeguard or a professional gymnast, you get to be barefoot at work. The Old English root of barefoot is bærfot, combining bær, "naked" or "uncovered," with fot, "foot." WORD FAMILYbarefoot: barefoots USAGE EXAMPLESInvestigators say one of her 14-year-old sons, who is not among the missing children, showed up at a police station barefoot early Dec. 18. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Run barefoot among the splintery boards and rusty nails. Los Angeles Times(Dec 10, 2016) They ran barefoot without stopping even as debris cut into the soles of their feet, she said. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) 1adj without shoes the barefoot boy Syn barefooted, shoeless unshod, unshoed not shod 2adv without shoes on he chased her barefoot across the meadow Syn barefooted |
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